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Greatest Hits - Live -- DVD (DTS) :text-bravo:

Boz Scaggs

2004 Zoe Records

Product Description

This sounds great!
I've always liked Bozz's music but, for whatever reason, don't own any. (?) ,. :text-nocomment: ,.

Definitely going to pick this one up

 

[heeman]

1. "Blue Ocean" 7:05
2. "Shoulda Coulda Woulda" 4:32
3. "Kayla" 5:20
4. "The Storm" 4:53
5. "Forever in a Daze" 3:56
6. "Love Is What I'm Waiting For" 3:36
7. "Everything Changes" 6:55
8. "Better Than Walking Away" 4:57
9. "All Falls Down" 3:22
10. "Fool in My Heart" 3:48
11. "Infinite Fire" 12:02

This is definitely a breath of fresh air for those of us that like progressive rock....... :bow-blue:

 

[heeman]

1. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
2. Nanook Rubs It
3. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
4. Father O'Blivion
5. Cosmik Debris
6. Excentrifugal Forz
7. Apostrophe
8. Uncle Remus
9. Stink-Foot

I had this one of vinyl and cassette back in the mid 70's when it came out. Picked up a used CD copy in Dallas this past weekend for $5..........great to hear it again, one of my favorites!

 

[Dennie]

Greatest Hits - Live -- DVD (DTS) :text-bravo:

Boz Scaggs

2004 Zoe Records

Product Description

This sounds great!
I've always liked Bozz's music but, for whatever reason, don't own any. (?) ,. :text-nocomment: ,.

Definitely going to pick this one up

You won't be sorry, it is a great "concert" in a small club setting! :eusa-clap:


Dennie bscene-drinkingcheers:

 

[Dennie]

Blues -- 2 CD Set

Eric Clapton

1999 Polydor Records

Amazon.com

There's a telling subtext to this retrospective of Eric Clapton blues sides. Culled from recordings cut between 1970 (the Layla sessions) and 1980 (when Clapton cut his final Polydor album, Another Ticket), these sides finds EC exploring his beloved blues while in a fragile state of mind and body. After all, he was on heroin when he concocted Layla, and though he kicked that habit in the early '70s, he continued to test his tolerance for alcohol throughout the decade. When you think of the Clapton of the '60s, you think of the fire and ice of his playing with the Yardbirds, John Mayall, and Cream. When you think of his '70s playing, it's wearier and perhaps more reflective. (It was easy to mistake melancholic for mellow at the time.) The 35 selections included on these two discs find the temporarily deflated rock superstar leaning on the blues for support as he draws on likes of Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, and Little Walter for inspiration. Hardcore fans will appreciate previously unreleased versions of Bo Diddley's "Before You Accuse Me," a solo take on the traditional "Alberta," a 1974 cover of Willie Dixon's "Meet Me (Down at the Bottom), and a remixed live 1976 version of "Further on Up the Road" with Freddy King sitting in. Just about anyone, however, will be able to appreciate how this music reflects Clapton's strengths as a musician... and weaknesses as a man. --Steven Stolder
DISC 1- Studio

1. Before You Accuse Me (McDaniel) - 4:39
previously unreleased - Backless sessions Aug. '78

2. Mean Old World - 3:50
The Layla Sessions - 10/2/70

3. Ain't That Lovin' You (Reed) - 5:26
Crossroads - 461 Ocean sessions 4/74

4. The Sky Is Crying (James) - 3:58
There's One in Every Crowd - 9/74

5. Cryin' (Clapton) - 2:52
Crossroads - 12/78

6. Have You Ever Loved a Woman (Myles) - 6:51
Layla and Assorted Other Love Songs - 9/2/70

7. Alberta (Traditional) - 2:40
previously un released - Slowhand Sessions - 5/6/77

8. Early in the Morning (Traditional) - 7:55
Backless - 1978

9. Give Me Strength (Clapton) - 2:51
461 Ocean Blvd. - 4/74

10. Down at the Bottom (Meet Me) (Dixon) - 7:04
previously unreleased - 461 Ocean Blvd. sessions- 4/74

11. County Jail Blues (Fields) - 3:56
No Reason To Cry - 4/74

12. Floating Bridge (Estes) - 6:33
Another Ticket - Summer 1980

13. Blow Wind Blow (Waters) - 2:59
Another Ticket - Summer 1980

14. To Make Somebody Happy (Clapton) - 5:11
Crossroads 2 - 12/78

15. Before You Accuse Me (McDaniel) - 4:39
previously unreleased - Backless sessions - 8/78

DISC 2 - Live

1. Stormy Monday (Walker) - 12:49
Crossroads 2 - 4/27/77

2. Worried Life Blues (Merriweather) - 5:57
Crossroads 2 - 11/28/78

3. Early in the Morning (Traditional) - 7:11
Just One Night - 12/3/79

4. Have You Ever Loved a Woman (Myles) - 7:47
Crossroads 2 - 7/19/74

5. Wonderful Tonight (Clapton / Kamen) - 6:23
Crossroads 2 - 11/24/78

6. Kind Hearted Woman (Johnson) - 5:11
Crossroads 2 - 11/24/78

7. Double Trouble (Rush) - 8:02
Just One Night - 12/3/79

8. Driftin' Blues (Brown/Moore / Williams) - 6:57
Crossroads 2 - 6/25/75


9. Crossroads (Johnson) - 5:49
Crossroads 2 - 11/28/78

10. Further on up the Road (Medwick / Robey) - 8:38
Previously released on an out of print Freddie King album,
1934 - 76. Recorded 11/15/76

 

[Dennie]

Pocket City -- CD

Art Porter

1992 Verve Forecast

Funky yet smooth, December 30, 2006
By Enrique Torres "Rico" (San Diegotitlan, Califas) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE) (TOP 500 REVIEWER)
This review is from: Pocket City (Audio CD)

Nearly fifteen years down the line and this CD still sounds good. This was the solo debut for Art Porter, who was the sax behind the sound of the fusion-smooth jazz band led by Jeff Lorber . Lorber is featured throughout as he engineered and produced the disc. Whether playing a blitzkrieg-attacking-boppish style as on the tile track "Pocket City" or the mellow-smooth-jazz style of "Inside Myself" Porter had the ability to be both funky and laid back. He was perfect for those who don't like their smooth jazz too smooth. He played both alto and soprano sax and his tone was reminiscent of another giant of pop jazz, Grover Washington. Some of the finer tracks that show off his varied abilities are the aforementioned and "Passion Sunrise" where his sax produces the setting for the title,the Maxi Priest song "Close to You" that funks up the house and his Los Angeles inspired "L.A." that is like a sunset going down over the Pacific. Tragically Porter died in a boating accident while overseas for a jazz festival just four years after this debut album. He left behind some good music and you might start here or else his earlier work with The Jeff Lorber Fusion Group.

1. Pocket City
2. Inside Myself
3. Unending
4. Passion Sunrise
5. Texas Hump
6. Close To You
7. Little People
8. KGB
9. Broken Promise
10. Meltdown
11. L.A.

 

[Dennie]

The Benoit/Freeman Project -- CD

David Benoit / Russ Freeman

1994 GRP Records

The Benoit/Freeman project is a reunion of sorts, as both smooth jazz icons worked on 1986's landmark Rippingtons debut Moonlighting and together wrote Benoit's hit "Every Step of the Way." Since then, Freeman's career with that band and Benoit's as a solo artist spearheaded the smooth jazz movement while expanding the rules on just what modern jazz is. The new project combines the radio-friendly pleasures inherent in their separate endeavors with an exciting expansion and interplay of fresh and innovative ideas. Though the focus is clearly on the interplay between guitar and piano, the two are surrounded by all-star backing talent like Nathan East, Abe Laboriel, John Robinson, and former Rippingtons members Steve Reid and Tony Morales. Much attention was directed to Kenny Loggins' wonderful vocal performance of "When She Believed in Me," but the Phil Perry sung version of "After the Love Is Gone" is superfluous; it's beautiful but adds nothing to the original Earth, Wind & Fire arrangement. Instrumental highlights include "Mediterranean Nights" (a seven-minute meditation featuring symphonic elements and Freeman's rich electric guitar work), the percussive "Swept Away," moody "The End of Our Season," and a remake of "Mirage," one of Moonlighting's most beautiful tunes. The two seem to have been too busy for a follow-up, but smooth jazz could definitely benefit from another tandem brainstorm like this. ~ Jonathan Widran

Track Listing
1. Reunion
2. When She Believed in Me
3. Mediterranean Nights
4. Swept Away
5. End of Our Season, The
6. After the Love Has Gone
7. Smarty Pants
8. It's the Thought That Counts
9. Mirage
10. That's All I Could Say

 

[Dennie]

Just Tell Me That You Want Me - A Tribute To Fleetwood Mac -- CD

Various Artists

2012 Hear Music

Fleetwood Mac was the subject of an all-star tribute back in 1998, when Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours appeared. That full-length album tribute celebrated the Mac's biggest hit in a big way, concentrating entirely on major-label acts like Elton John and Matchbox 20, but 2012's Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac is decidedly more eccentric, as its title -- a line borrowed from "Tusk" -- no doubt suggests. Apart from Marianne Faithfull and Billy Gibbons, along with Americana singer Trixie Whitley, every band here exists solely within the realm of indie rock and, collectively, there's been a decision to stray from the confines of the standards of the Buckingham/Nicks songbook, with Bob Welch and Peter Green eras almost as well-represented as oddities from Lindsey Buckingham's album tracks. Certainly, the major hits come from Nicks: Antony essays an appropriately florid version of "Landslide," Karen Elson brings a bit of spooky blues to the witchy "Gold Dust Woman" -- a reinvention surpassed by Best Coast's sprightly, insistent "Rhiannon," and the Kills turning "Dreams" into something resembling nightmares. Hooks take a backseat -- only the New Pornographers' "Think About Me" really pushes the power pop angle -- to eerie, dreamy textures, with the Lee Ranaldo Band and J Mascis setting a pitch-perfect keynote with "Albatross," even though it's hardly just guitars here. Tame Impala push "That's All for Everyone" onto waves of analog synths, MGMT give "Future Games" a considerable reworking, Gardens & Villa turn "Gypsy" into electro-pop, and Crystal Ark perform a similar trick with "Tusk," signaling the kind of imagination and depth that make Just Tell Me That You Want Me an unusually satisfying tribute album. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

1. Albatross [Lee Ranaldo Band featuring J Mascis]
2. Landslide [Antony]
3. Before The Beginning [Trixie Whitley]
4. Oh Well [Billy Gibbons & Co.]
5. Rhiannon [Best Coast]
6. Think About Me [The New Pornographers]
7. Angel [Marianne Faithfull]
8. Silver Springs [Lykke Li]
9. Gold Dust Woman [Karen Elson]
10. Storms [Matt Sweeney and Bonnie Prince Billy]
11. Straight Back [Washed Out]
12. Thats All For Everyone [Tame Impala]
13. Sisters Of The Moon [Craig Wedren with St. Vincent]
14. Dreams [The Kills]
15. Gypsy [Gardens & Villa]
16. Tusk [The Crystal Ark]
17. Future Games [MGMT]

 

[Dennie]

"Wildflowers" -- CD

Tom Petty

1994 Warner Bros. Records

Late Bloomer, March 22, 2012
By Donald E. Gilliland (Bangkok, Thailand) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)
This review is from: Wildflowers (Audio CD)

I've been a big Tom Petty fan since the very first album. The first 3 albums by Petty and the Heartbreakers still stand as one of the greatest, most breathtaking musical trilogies in the rock era. Really, they are that wonderful. But I somehow got "away" from Petty in the 90s, no doubt stuck in some sort of "alternative rock" phase, and so I missed out on "Wallflowers" the first time around. Finally bought a copy last month and I'm hooked. Great songs, that Petty twang, and another ace band. Not much to quibble with here; this is just great, classic, American rock.

All songs written by Tom Petty, except where noted.

"Wildflowers" – 3:11
"You Don't Know How It Feels" – 4:49
"Time to Move On" – 3:15
"You Wreck Me" (Petty, Mike Campbell) – 3:22
"It's Good to Be King" – 5:10
"Only a Broken Heart" – 4:30
"Honey Bee" – 4:58
"Don't Fade on Me" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:32
"Hard on Me" – 3:48
"Cabin Down Below" – 2:51
"To Find a Friend" – 3:23
"A Higher Place" – 3:56
"House in the Woods" – 5:32
"Crawling Back to You" – 5:05
"Wake Up Time" – 5:19

"Girl on LSD" was also recorded for the album, but was removed by Warner Bros. due to its drug-related lyrics, and was instead released as the B-side to the "You Don't Know How It Feels" single. Many songs on the She's the One soundtrack album were initially recorded for this album.

 

[Dennie]

Chaos and Creation In The Backyard -- CD

Paul McCartney

2005 Capital Records

From Amazon.co.uk

Sir Paul is an elder statesman now, but Chaos and Creation in the Backyard finds him in considered and tastefully restrained form, penning songs worthy of his finest hour. McCartney crafts this collection of songs with exquisite balance, lining up haunting chimes and heartfelt lyrics ("Riding to Vanity Fair") alongside pounding "Hey Bulldog"-esque chords and eerily Beatles-ish multitracked vocals ("Promise to You Girl," "Fine Line") and, most impressively, distinctively new yet timeless gems of songcraft ("Anyway," "Jenny Wren"). Emotionally, Chaos and Creation manages to avoid being mired in oversentimentality, while retaining a powerful, understated sincerity. Poignant though it is, however, the record is essentially positive and hopeful: Sir Paul's playfulness beams through in his intonation, which picks up a line such as "It's not right/In your life/Too much rain" and breathes life and optimism into its words. "English Tea" completes the package, an unrepentantly twee serving of Anglo-nostalgia with recorder. Chaos and Creation in the Backyard displays the full range of McCartney's inimitable talent, presenting listeners with one of his finest solo albums. --Jonti Davies

1. "Fine Line" 3:05
2. "How Kind of You" 4:47
3. "Jenny Wren" 3:47
4. "At the Mercy" 2:38
5. "Friends to Go" 2:43
6. "English Tea" 2:12
7. "Too Much Rain" 3:24
8. "A Certain Softness" 2:42
9. "Riding to Vanity Fair" 5:07
10. "Follow Me" 2:31
11. "Promise to You Girl" 3:10
12. "This Never Happened Before" 3:24
13. "Anyway" 7:22

Notes

"Anyway" contains a hidden track, "I've Only Got Two Hands", at 4:10 after a 20-second break.

 

[mzpro5]

1. Where Or When
2. Since I Don't Have You
3. In The Still Of The Night
4. My True Story
5. Gloria
6. Oh What A Nite
7. Lover's Island
8. Sincerely
9. Glory Of Love
10. Ten Commandments Of Love
11. Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)
12. 16 Candles
13. I Only Have Eyes For You
14. Tear Drops
15. Been So Long
16. A Thousand Miles Away
17. Daddy's Home
18. Goodnite Sweetheart, Goodnite

 

[heeman]

Matt B was playing some tunes from his I THING at Bat's GTG and had on her "Dream On" cover.........

I was immediately drawn to this and asked Matt "Who is this?" He said "Kelly Sweet, let me put a few other songs on for you...................I was HOOKED.

Pick this one up and started to listen this AM on the way to work. Can't wait to get home tonight to pop it in the Home System!

Track Listings

1. We Are One
2. Raincoat
3. Dream On
4. Caresse Sur L'Ocean
5. Crush
6. Ready For Love
7. Giorno Dopo Giorno
8. I Will Be Waiting
9. Now We Are Free
10. How 'bout You
11. Love Song
12. Je T'Aime

This is on my "curiosity list" now. I'm gonna have to check it out.

Her voice is so clear, that clear is not a good enough word.........

Listening again.......... :angelic-green:

Her version of Aerosmith's "Dream On" is stunning!

 

[PaulyT]

Yeah I've been enjoying that album as well. My favorite is Giorno Dopo Giorno - not surprising giving that track's classical leaning.

 

[Dennie]

Today's work truck music....

Sounds Of Summer - The Very Best of -- CD

The Beach Boys

2003 Capitol Records

Amazon.com

The cynic may question just how many Beach Boys greatest hits albums are enough. Everyone else, however, will appreciate what makes Sounds of Summer unique. This is the first single-disc collection to feature such a large cross section of hits from the group's entire career, spanning 1962's "Surfin' Safari" through 1988's "Kokomo." All 30 tracks, spanning several label changes, were Billboard Top 40 hits and are probably now as identifiable as the national anthem to anyone with radio or TV access. The fact that the tracks aren't in chronological order helps make for a fresh listening experience, as does the crisp digital sound. And yet these songs--even those that are more than four decades old--always sound strangely fresh and will likely remain so as long as there are beaches, young people, and that symbolic season of freedom and dreams. Which is to say that the title here passes the "truth in advertising" test. Perfect for those casual fans not yet ready to spring for the individual albums, Sounds of Summer is in many ways a better representation of this legendary band's art than Elvis' 30 No. 1 Hits and The Beatles 1 were of the King and the Fab Four. --Bill Holdship

 

[Dennie]

Inside -- CD

David Sanborn

1999 Elektra/Asylum Records

With smooth strokes, Sanborn has painted a lovely urban jazz landscape on INSIDE. These cuts may have an easy-rolling feel, but they're surely not dental office fare. Soft, breezy vocal and alto melodies meet rough beats and mean bass lines, making for statements with a real earthiness. Sanborn and multi-instrumentalist Marcus Miller penned most of the tunes, with a couple of pop covers thrown in for funk's sake.The opener "Corners (For Herbie)," presumably a tribute to Mr. Hancock, is a slow, groovy Fender Rhodes-laden affair, with Don Alias' colorful percussion, and glad blowing by Sanborn and guest Michael Brecker. Aretha Franklin's "Daydreaming" veers into a trippy sort of "rare groove" territory, with diva Cassandra Wilson singing over a backdrop of undulating electric piano, steel guitar and sitar. "Brother Ray" is a blues jam reminiscent of Stevie Ray Vaughan's jazzier flights. The horn passages are made lush by the double-tenor presence, swaying over Ricky Peterson's Hammond B-3 and Miller's twangy blues guitar work. With an urgent vocal performance by Sting, Bill Withers' classic "Ain't No Sunshine" takes on an almost mystical quality, with entrancing long-tone spirals and wafts of Bill Frisell's guitar.

Track Listing
1. Corners (For Herbie)
2. Day Dreaming - (featuring Cassandra Wilson)
3. Trance
4. Brother Ray
5. Lisa
6. When I'm With You - (featuring Lalah Hathaway)
7. Naked Moon
8. Cane
9. Ain't No Sunshine - (featuring Sting)
10. Miss You

 

[Dennie]

Ricochet -- CD

Richard Elliot

2003 GRP Records

Great album!!!, July 21, 2003
By Russell Nielsen (Aurora, Colorado United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ricochet (Audio CD)

I just bought this album a week ago and was really anxious to start listening to it. I love his upbeat sax and the wonderful backround keyboards. This is an album you can play over and over again and never get sick of it. He always finds a way to entertain you and since 5 out of the 10 songs are hits this is an album you won't want to miss. I have never heard Richard Elliot's music before but as soon as I bought this album I immediately fell in love with it. I hope he comes out with more albums like this in the future!!!

Track Listing
1. Corner Pocket
2. Ricochet
3. Rendezvous
4. Sweet Memories
5. So Good
6. Seven Sacred Pools
7. Slam
8. You Make Me Feel Brand New
9. Sake For Two
10. Sly

 

[Dennie]

 

[heeman]

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[No-L]

I'm listening to the waves crash on the beach in the Outer Banks of North Carolina! It's music to my ears!